Srabani Das

Assistant CE Specialist (Regenerative Agriculture)
UC Merced - Cooperative Extension Specialist
School of Natural Sciences 5200 Lake Rd. University of California Merced
SE1 258
Merced, CA 95343
5857525268
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Biography

I am a researcher-extension specialist of agriculture and soil science. My research focuses on analyzing sustainable soil health practices and agricultural carbon management. My goal is to develop decision support tools for tracking soil carbon build-up from different practices of regenerative agriculture. I am also interested in the use of perennial & native vegetation in regenerative agriculture and  building up climate resilient food systems and farming communities, especially disadvantaged migrant farmers. My job is to make the access of regenerative agriculture tools and resources equitable for all grower communities, including the marginalized and BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color). I also strive to contribute towards increasing diversity and women enrollment in Science, Engineering, Technology and Math disciplines .I break out of the traditional academic box to translate agricultural research into action on ground among grower and extension community. I envision a world where farmers and growers are healthy, wealthy and 'soil health' wise!

Specialties: Soil health, agricultural soil carbon sequestration, soil carbon stabilization, sustainable perennial cropping, food sovereignty, multi-stakeholder dialogue processes.



Education

Ph.D Biological and Environmental Engineering (Soil Science concentration), Cornell University. 2017
M.S. Environmental Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay. 2003

Discipline

Soil Science/Biochemistry

Specialty

soil health, soil carbon, perennial cropping, regenerative agriculture

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Bibliography

Peer Reviewed

  • Bridges, Katy M; Das, Srabani; Lal, Rattan (2023). Influence of manure and tillage on soil carbon and soil organic matter in silt loam soils of corn–soybean–forage systems. J Sustain Agric Environ. 2: 337–345.
  • Shabtai, Itamar; Das, Srabani; Thiago Inagaki, Behrooz Azimzadeh; Martínez, Carmen Enid; Kogel-Knabner, Ingrid; Lehmann, Johannes (2022). Soil organic carbon accrual due to more efficient microbial utilization of plant inputs at greater long-term soil moisture. Geochimica et Cosmochmica acta.
  • Toor, Gurpal.S.; Yang, Y.una-Y.; Das, Srabani.; Dorsey, Suasan.; Felton, Garry (2021). Soil health in agricultural ecosystems: Current status and future perspectives. Advances in Agronomy, 168, 157-201.
  • Srabani Das, Brian K. Richards (2019). Lower mineralizability of soil carbon with higher legacy soil moisture. Soil Biology & Biochemistry. SBB-18-01137.
  • S, Das; K, Teuffer; MT, Walter; MF, Walter; TS, Steenhuis; (2018)., Richards BK (2018). Perennial Grass Bioenergy Cropping on Wet Marginal Land: Impacts on soil properties, soil organic carbon, and biomass during initial establishment. Bioenergy Research.
  • Mason, Cedric.W.; Stoof, Cathjeline. R.; Richards Brian K., Das; Srabani., Goodale; L., Cristie.; Steenhuis, T. S. (2017). Hotspots of nitrous oxide emission in fertilized and unfertilized perennial grasses on wetness-prone marginal land in New York State. Soil Science Society of America Journal. 81:450-458.

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